Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Schulman of Akron, Ohio, to perfect the lab formula for use in auto parts, ensuring the material is not only odorless, but also meets industry standards for thermal expansion and degradation, rigidity, moisture absorption and fogging. Tags: Bio-polymers Materials Sustainability. More than 1.5 million pounds. More than 1.5
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2010
Ford Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Escape, Expedition and Econoline as well as Mercury Mariner, Lincoln MKS and Navigator also use the sustainable material. The 2 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles on the road today with bio-foam seats equates to a reduction in petroleum oil usage of approximately 1.5 million pounds.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
Biobased materials may require substantial testing to ensure safety standards can be met. New biobased materials are being developed each year, which means that new standards to evaluate those materials need to be developed along with new processes to manufacture parts from those biobased materials. Biodegradability.
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